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From: adam@ste.dyn.bae.co.uk (Adam Curtin)
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: Left Handed programmers (was Sinister Hackers 8-))
Keywords: Left Hand
Message-ID: <1990Aug16.080332.1572@ste.dyn.bae.co.uk>
Date: 16 Aug 90 08:03:32 GMT
References: <1990Aug6.233133.4791@actrix.co.nz> <10401@stiatl.UUCP>
Reply-To: adam@ste.dyn.bae.co.uk (Adam Curtin)
Organization: British Aerospace (Dynamics), Stevenage
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>geoff@actrix.co.nz (Geoff McCaughan) writes:
>norm is around 10%) often groups of hackers have >50% left handers.
>One group I am associated with has >70%

Now there's a thing ... I wonder how common this phenomenon is?

In my last job, in a development team of 4, 3 were left handed.
We always joked about how left-handers were superior ... I wonder what the
distribution is across the industry? Perhaps it could become part of the
recruitment process!

Adam
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